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Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) for Agriculture; Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) for Banking; Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.) for Environment and Public Works; Martin Heinrich (N.M.) for Energy; Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) for Foreign Relations and Jeff Merkley (Ore.) for Budget, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the rosters:<\/p>\n<p><b>Senate Agriculture Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), ranking<\/li>\n<li>Michael Bennet (Colo.)<\/li>\n<li>Tina Smith (Minn.)<\/li>\n<li>Dick Durbin (Ill.)<\/li>\n<li>Cory Booker (N.J.)<\/li>\n<li>Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (N.M.)<\/li>\n<li>Raphael Warnock (Ga.)<\/li>\n<li>Peter Welch (Vt.)<\/li>\n<li>John Fetterman (Pa.)<\/li>\n<li>Adam Schiff (Calif.)<\/li>\n<li>Elissa Slotkin (Mich.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Appropriations Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Patty Murray (Wash.),\u00a0 ranking<\/li>\n<li>Dick Durbin (Ill.)<\/li>\n<li>Jack Reed (R.I.)<\/li>\n<li>Jeanne\u00a0Shaheen (N.H.)<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Merkley (Ore.)<\/li>\n<li>Chris Coons (Del.)<\/li>\n<li>Brian Schatz (Hawaii)<\/li>\n<li>Tammy Baldwin (Wis.)<\/li>\n<li>Chris Murphy (Conn.)<\/li>\n<li>Chris Van Hollen (Md.)<\/li>\n<li>Martin Heinrich (N.M.)<\/li>\n<li>Gary Peters (Mich.)<\/li>\n<li>Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.)<\/li>\n<li>Jon Ossoff (Ga.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Armed Services Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jack Reed (R.I.), ranking<\/li>\n<li>Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)<\/li>\n<li>Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.)<\/li>\n<li>Richard Blumenthal (Conn.)<\/li>\n<li>Mazie Hirono (Hawaii)<\/li>\n<li>Tim Kaine (Va.)<\/li>\n<li>Angus King (I-Maine)<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Warren (Mass.)<\/li>\n<li>Gary Peters (Mich.)<\/li>\n<li>Tammy Duckworth (Ill.)<\/li>\n<li>Jacky Rosen (Nev.)<\/li>\n<li>Mark Kelly (Ariz.)<\/li>\n<li>Elissa Slotkin (Mich.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Banking Committee\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Elizabeth Warren (Mass.),\u00a0ranking<\/li>\n<li>Jack Reed (R.I.)<\/li>\n<li>Mark Warner (Va.)<\/li>\n<li>Chris Van Hollen (Md.)<\/li>\n<li>Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.)<\/li>\n<li>Tina Smith (Minn.)<\/li>\n<li>Raphael Warnock (Ga.)<\/li>\n<li>Andy Kim (N.J.)<\/li>\n<li>Ruben Gallego (Ariz.)<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Blunt Rochester (Del.)<\/li>\n<li>Angela Alsobrooks (Md.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maria Cantwell (Wash.), ranking<\/li>\n<li>Amy Klobuchar (Minn.)<\/li>\n<li>Brian Schatz (Hawaii)<\/li>\n<li>Ed Markey (Mass.)<\/li>\n<li>Gary Peters (Mich.)<\/li>\n<li>Tammy Baldwin (Wis.)<\/li>\n<li>Tammy Duckworth (Ill.)<\/li>\n<li>Jacky Rosen (Nev.)<\/li>\n<li>Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (N.M.)<\/li>\n<li>John Hickenlooper (Colo.)<\/li>\n<li>John Fetterman (Pa.)<\/li>\n<li>Andy Kim (N.J.)<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Blunt Rochester (Del.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Martin Heinrich (N.M.), ranking<\/li>\n<li>Ron Wyden (Ore.)<\/li>\n<li>Maria Cantwell (Wash.)<\/li>\n<li>Mazie Hirono (Hawaii)<\/li>\n<li>Angus King (I-Maine)<\/li>\n<li>Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.)<\/li>\n<li>John Hickenlooper (Colo.)<\/li>\n<li>Alex Padilla (Calif.)<\/li>\n<li>Ruben Gallego (Ariz.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Environment and Public Works Committee\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.),\u00a0ranking<\/li>\n<li>Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Merkley (Ore.)<\/li>\n<li>Ed Markey (Mass.)<\/li>\n<li>Mark Kelly (Ariz.)<\/li>\n<li>Alex Padilla (Calif)<\/li>\n<li>Adam Schiff (Calif.)<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Blunt Rochester (Del.)<\/li>\n<li>Angela Alsobrooks (Md.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Finance Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ron Wyden (Ore.), ranking<\/li>\n<li>Maria Cantwell (Wash.)<\/li>\n<li>Michael Bennet (Colo.)<\/li>\n<li>Mark Warner (Va.)<\/li>\n<li>Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.)<\/li>\n<li>Maggie Hassan (N.H.)<\/li>\n<li>Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.)<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Warren (Mass.)<\/li>\n<li>Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)<\/li>\n<li>Tina Smith (Minn.)<\/li>\n<li>Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (N.M.)<\/li>\n<li>Raphael Warnock (Ga.)<\/li>\n<li>Peter Welch (Vt.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Foreign Relations Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), ranking<\/li>\n<li>Chris Coons (Del.)<\/li>\n<li>Chris Murphy (Conn.)<\/li>\n<li>Tim Kaine (Va.)<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Merkley (Ore.)<\/li>\n<li>Cory Booker (N.J.)<\/li>\n<li>Brian Schatz (Hawaii)<\/li>\n<li>Chris Van Hollen (Md.)<\/li>\n<li>Tammy Duckworth (Ill.)<\/li>\n<li>Jacky Rosen (Nev.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), ranking<\/li>\n<li>Patty Murray (Wash.)<\/li>\n<li>Tammy Baldwin (Wis.)<\/li>\n<li>Chris Murphy (Conn.)<\/li>\n<li>Tim Kaine (Va.)<\/li>\n<li>Maggie Hassan (N.H.)<\/li>\n<li>John Hickenlooper (Colo.)<\/li>\n<li>Ed Markey (Mass.)<\/li>\n<li>Andy Kim (N.J.)<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Blunt Rochester (Del.)<\/li>\n<li>Angela Alsobrooks (Md.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gary Peters (Mich.), ranking<\/li>\n<li>Maggie Hassan (N.H.)<\/li>\n<li>Richard Blumenthal (Conn.)<\/li>\n<li>John Fetterman (Pa.)<\/li>\n<li>Andy Kim (N.J.)<\/li>\n<li>Ruben Gallego (Ariz.)<\/li>\n<li>Elissa Slotkin (Mich.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Intelligence Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mark Warner (Va.), ranking<\/li>\n<li>Ron Wyden (Ore.)<\/li>\n<li>Martin Heinrich (N.M.)<\/li>\n<li>Angus King (I-Maine)<\/li>\n<li>Michael Bennet (Colo.)<\/li>\n<li>Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.)<\/li>\n<li>Jon Ossoff (Ga.)<\/li>\n<li>Mark Kelly (Ariz.)<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Judiciary Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dick Durbin (Ill.), ranking<\/li>\n<li>Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.)<\/li>\n<li>Amy Klobuchar (Minn.)<\/li>\n<li>Chris Coons (Del.)<\/li>\n<li>Richard Blumenthal (Conn.)<\/li>\n<li>Mazie Hirono (Hawaii)<\/li>\n<li>Cory Booker (N.J.)<\/li>\n<li>Alex Padilla (Calif.)<\/li>\n<li>Peter Welch (Vt.)<\/li>\n<li>Adam Schiff (Calif.)<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Aging Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), ranking<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Warren (Mass.)<\/li>\n<li>Mark Kelly (Ariz.)<\/li>\n<li>Raphael Warnock (Ga.)<\/li>\n<li>John Fetterman (Pa.)<\/li>\n<li>Angela Alsobrooks (Md.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Budget Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jeff Merkley (Ore.), ranking<\/li>\n<li>Patty Murray (Wash.)<\/li>\n<li>Ron Wyden (Ore.)<\/li>\n<li>Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)<\/li>\n<li>Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.)<\/li>\n<li>Mark Warner (VA)<\/li>\n<li>Tim Kaine (Va.)<\/li>\n<li>Chris Van Hollen (Md.)<\/li>\n<li>Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (N.M.)<\/li>\n<li>Alex Padilla (Calif.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Congressional Joint Economic Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maggie Hassan (N.H.), ranking<\/li>\n<li>Amy Klobuchar (Minn.)<\/li>\n<li>Martin Heinrich (N.M.)<\/li>\n<li>Mark Kelly (Ariz.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Rules Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alex Padilla (Calif.), ranking<\/li>\n<li>Amy Klobuchar (Minn.)<\/li>\n<li>Chuck Schumer (N.Y.)<\/li>\n<li>Mark Warner (Va.)<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Merkley 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